My friends from Seattle you are screwed

[ABW]

Yeah man I saw that... I have read that book by Paul... He grows some mean shrooms so If you ever want to try them I am sure they will ship them... But you can prob find a good blend in England.. Make sure they are grown indoors on a organic medium...

Just like in that article you posted, mushrooms are known for their ability to absorb things from the medium on which they are grown. Paul is working on a revolutionary new blend that is grown on certain herbs. The mushrooms then pull the antioxidants out of the bed of herbs they are grown on and pass the benifts to you.. In other words you/we might soon be able to take just a mushroom supplement that gives you all the benefits of shrooms and their beta Glucans plus a lot of medicinal herbs...

Unless your sick, I would use a high quality blend that has many diff shrooms from someone/company that knows how to formulate shrooms...

[Ansel]

Thanks ABW... it's given me some things to think about :-)

[ABW]

Thanks ABW... it's given me some things to think about :-)

No worries brother....

[Crow]

I take 3 Omegavia Fish Oil Caps a day..(1 before every meal)

You should switch to cod liver oil (liquid form, no caps). It tastes awful, but it's very good for you.

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Now you have me going on about mushrooms...

I just found this article from the New York Times. They interviewed one of the participants from the study. His name is Clark Martin, he's 68 years old and a fellow Washingtonian from Vancouver.

As a retired clinical psychologist, Clark Martin was well acquainted with traditional treatments for depression, but his own case seemed untreatable as he struggled through chemotherapy and other grueling regimens for kidney cancer. Counseling seemed futile to him. So did the antidepressant pills he tried.

Nothing had any lasting effect until, at the age of 65, he had his first psychedelic experience. He left his home in Vancouver, Wash., to take part in an experiment at Johns Hopkins medical school involving psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient found in certain mushrooms.

Scientists are taking a new look at hallucinogens, which became taboo among regulators after enthusiasts like Timothy Leary promoted them in the 1960s with the slogan “Turn on, tune in, drop out.” Now, using rigorous protocols and safeguards, scientists have won permission to study once again the drugs’ potential for treating mental problems and illuminating the nature of consciousness.


After taking the hallucinogen, Dr. Martin put on an eye mask and headphones, and lay on a couch listening to classical music as he contemplated the universe.


“All of a sudden, everything familiar started evaporating,” he recalled. “Imagine you fall off a boat out in the open ocean, and you turn around, and the boat is gone. And then the water’s gone. And then you’re gone.”


Today, more than a year later, Dr. Martin credits that six-hour experience with helping him overcome his depression and profoundly transforming his relationships with his daughter and friends.

He ranks it among the most meaningful events of his life, which makes him a fairly typical member of a growing club of experimental subjects.


Researchers from around the world are gathering this week in San Jose, Calif., for the largest conference on psychedelic science held in the United States in four decades. They plan to discuss studies of psilocybin and other psychedelics for treating depression in cancer patients, obsessive-compulsive disorder, end-of-life anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and addiction to drugs or alcohol


The results so far are encouraging but also preliminary, and researchers caution against reading too much into these small-scale studies. They do not want to repeat the mistakes of the 1960s, when some scientists-turned-evangelists exaggerated their understanding of the drugs’ risks and benefits.


Because reactions to hallucinogens can vary so much depending on the setting, experimenters and review boards have developed guidelines to set up a comfortable environment with expert monitors in the room to deal with adverse reactions. They have established standard protocols so that the drugs’ effects can be gauged more accurately, and they have also directly observed the drugs’ effects by scanning the brains of people under the influence of hallucinogens.


Scientists are especially intrigued by the similarities between hallucinogenic experiences and the life-changing revelations reported throughout history by religious mystics and those who meditate. These similarities have been identified in neural imaging studies conducted by Swiss researchers and in experiments led by Roland Griffiths, a professor of behavioral biology at Johns Hopkins.


In one of Dr. Griffiths’s first studies, involving 36 people with no serious physical or emotional problems, he and colleagues found that psilocybin could induce what the experimental subjects described as a profound spiritual experience with lasting positive effects for most of them. None had had any previous experience with hallucinogens, and none were even sure what drug was being administered.

Article continued at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/12/sc...chedelics.html

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What were we talking about again?

Oh that's right... Nuclear apocalypse in Seattle.



Carry on.

[ABW]

Thanks for the good read.. Yeah.. I used to use Nordic Naturals cod liver oil but have decided against it for myself (has to do with Vit A & D) because I like my omegas to be IFOS certified and I like the oils to be made from younger fish that are lower on the the food chain.(less chance of toxins like PCB, Lead, etc..)

But your right.. It is good for ya...

[Bigblue1]

I take triple strength molecularly distilled enteric coated caps that contain 360 epa and 240 dha for a total of 600mg of fish oil per pill take 1 a day with every meal. They are sourced from anchovy, mackerel and sardine. To me they work great. and cost about a quarter of the ones your taking man. As a matter of fact when I buy them on sale with manufacturers coupons I get 2 bottles of 90 pills each for under 10 bucks. even if I doubled my dosage to 6 a day to equal the amount of omegas in your stuff mine would cost a third of yours. But I see no need these things are doing the job, cuz if I miss a day I can feel it in my joints.

[ABW]

I take triple strength molecularly distilled enteric coated caps that contain 360 epa and 240 dha for a total of 600mg of fish oil per pill take 1 a day with every meal. They are sourced from anchovy, mackerel and sardine. To me they work great. and cost about a quarter of the ones your taking man. As a matter of fact when I buy them on sale with manufacturers coupons I get 2 bottles of 90 pills each for under 10 bucks. even if I doubled my dosage to 6 a day to equal the amount of omegas in your stuff mine would cost a third of yours. But I see no need these things are doing the job, cuz if I miss a day I can feel it in my joints.

I hear ya... They do help the joints and as far as the quality goes if it's not certified by IFOS I am not buying it... But that's just me... Plus... There more to it than just the quality.. There's the formulation and that's just sometime you have to find to suit yourself.. I like a formula that has much higher EPA to DHA ratio but again personal preference...

Peace

[Bigblue1]

Yeah I agree whatever makes you happy is a good thing. It's just I spent a lot of time researching the "drug-store" brands and feel I have found a more than reputable company who puts out a superior product then on top of that the end up being more than fairly priced. Not sure how they do it, but i have called them and their Cust serv reps are not dummies and seem to be well informed. It's funny cuz my mom has taken fish oil longer than I, but she does no research and when she runs out buys poor quality shit. I try to educate her a bit and I'm an elitist asshole. So I understand every one has their standards. At least now I've got her reading the labels and seeing how much omegas are in the pills, maybe next bottle she'll concede and buy the ones I suggested.......